Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-17

robbers near Hexarkana, Ark, and the ex-
press car was robbed of over $40, 900 In
money
Is JuDGE MoRGAHL MARTIN the founder Of
the city Of Milwaukee. died on the 10th at
Green Bay, Wis aged seventy 1.-TWO years
The death occurred on the II th at What
com, W. T., Of s. Kal1ocf. whose quarrels
with Charles De Young, editor of the San
francisco Chronicle, led to the shooting of
the latter by Kal1och's son.
The house Of Michael Harris, farmer.
near Washington, d. T., was burned on the
10th, and Mrs Harris and six children per-
ished in the flames
TIE authorities closed two breweriesa at
Des Moines, Ia, valued at $500, 600, on the
10th. 81 ss's s g
( SEVEN Of the leaders at Cincinnati Of the
Ohio tally-sheet forgeries Of 1885 were in
dicted on the 10th.
On the 10th an old man was numerically
whipped and almost drowned BY White
Caps at English, Crawford County, Ind,
and lynching parties were being formed to
punish the miscreanta
ON the 18th e. Ii Harper, the Fidelity
Bank wrecker, was found guilty at Cincin-
natl, as set forth in the thirty-three counts
of the Indictment, and was sentenced to ten
years in the Ohio penitentiary, whittier he
was taken in the afternoon.
The large wholesale boot and shoe estab-
ishment Of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, in
Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the even
ing of the 10Th, causing loss Of $500, 600
The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed
the decision of the Miami County court
which convicted shoemaker named
Standish for giving away beer
ELLA BENBow, Of Richmond, Ind, disap-
pointed in love and at variance with her
mother, leaped eighty feet from a bridge
into the river on the 18th, but was rescued
alive
IN Pickens County, Ga, four Illicit distil-
leries were discovered on the 18th by Unit
ed States officials They had been in ope-
ration over five years
On the 18th the State Oranges of Illinois.
Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio met in an
nual session, the first named at Springfield.
the second at Madison, the third at Lansing
and the fourth at Canton.
BENJAMIN E. HOPKINS, formerly assistant
cashier of the Fidelity Bank, was placed on
trial in Cincinnati on the 18th charged with
misapplying the funds of the bank.
The three children Of Henry Fawcett liv-
ing near Point Pleasant, W. Va. were
burned to death on the 18th in the house in
which they We're locked while their father
and mother were absent
Two NEGROES who had assaulted white
women at Greensboro, Fla, were burned to
death on the 18th by mob
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
MEx1cANs on the 9th lynched Cecilio Bar
rea and Vivian D1ez near Rio Grande CITY
Mex, for kidnapping Senior Barrea last Au-
gust sst&
ADvIcEs from the Orkney Islands of the
9th report the loss of twenty smacks in a
hurricane.
DELEGATES of the Scotch Home Rule
Union, who have been making tour Of Ire
land, declared on the 9th that the coercion
measures Of the Government were ineffect-
i've, and reported themselves as more than
ever in favor of the demands of the Nation
alists. F " So
TIE town of Bavispe, Mex, was entirely
destroyed by the recent earthquakes, and
the people were wild with fear on the 9th
and were starving
The two sons and daughter Of NJ Lee
doux, at Be1eoil, Can, fell through the ice
while skating on the river on the 9th and
were drowned ">e---1rs
The failure is announced of Armstrong
Brothers & Co., of Glasgow, the largest iron
operators in Scotland
The officials of the States Of Sonora and
Sinaloa, Mex, are making strenuous efforts
to rid the country of the famous bandit
Bernal and his desperate followers Several
conflicts resulting in loss on both sides
have occurred recently between the troops
and the outlaws. It was estimated on the
10th that Bernal's band had killed nearly
two thousand people during the last year
and destroyed more than two Thousand
towns.
A wouLD-BE assassin named Aubertine
made an attempt upon the life of Jules
Ferry, ex-Prime Minister and one of the
most influential politicians in France, in the
lobby of the Chamber of Deputies on the
10th. The man fired three shots from re-
volver at NJ Ferry, two of which took effect,
inf1icting serious wounds.
By the burning of the linseed-oil millslat
Drifdeld, Eng, a loss of $4,000 was
caused on the 18th
TWENTY persons were killed by the recent
hurricane in the Orkney Islands
N. TRARD succeeded on the 18th In form
ing new Cabinet for France
In letter on the 18th to Liberal meet
ing at Dunoon, Scotland, Mr.. Gladstone
said the condition of Ireland had grown
sadly worse under the present government
AT Norwood, Ont, the post-office was
robbed on the 18th of $11,O 900 in cash,
$500 in stamps and $4,000 in notes and
securities.